Aegeus

Aegeus was the King of Athens in Greek mythology, succeeding Pandion II and preceding Theseus.

Biography
Aegeus was the brother of Pallas, Nisos, and Lycus, and, following Pandion II's death, they seized power from the usurper Metion. Aegeus married Chalciope, and he once drunkenly laid with Pittheus of Troezen's daughter Aethra, who gave birth to Theseus. Aegus later married Medea, who had fled from Corinth following the murder of her children, Glauce, and King Creon of Corinth, and they had one son, Medus. Later, Theseus returned and met his long-lost father, and Medea attempted to poison Theseus to secure her son's claim to the throne. However, Aegeus knocked the poison cup from Theseus' hand and embraced him as his own, while Medea fled to Iran.